This is an analysis of the poem The Amaranth that begins with:

Thou art not of earth, thou beautiful thing,
With thy changeless form and hue- ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbaa cdXdee fdfdgg ffefhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1110111001 01100111 110111101 0101101 11011111 10100100111 111011101 1101101 1011110101 1101101 11101010010 11011001010 111011101 1010101 111011101 10110101 1101011001 1010101101 111110101 0010101 111011110010 111001 110111111 00100110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word thou at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Amaranth;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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